I'm sharing with you an article I got from a blog called "Fluent Forever," where the author shared one tip to achieving fluenc...
I'm sharing with you an article I got from a blog called "Fluent Forever," where the author shared one tip to achieving fluency. This tip is to learn these 625 vocabulary words in your target language, that way you have a basis to start delving into grammar with ease as you can understand a lot of vocabs right off the bat. Plus, this list of words are common across the world and will aid you in whatever language you are learning. Here is the list in thematic order:
• Transportation: train, plane, car, truck, bicycle, bus, boat, ship, tire, gasoline, engine, (train) ticket, transportation
• Clothing: hat, dress, suit, skirt, shirt, T-shirt, pants, shoes, pocket, coat, stain, clothing
• People: son, daughter, mother, father, parent (= mother/father), baby, man, woman, brother, sister, family, grandfather, grandmother, husband, wife, king, queen, president, neighbor, boy, girl, child (= boy/girl), adult (= man/woman), human (≠ animal), friend (Add a friend’s name), victim, player, fan, crowd, person
• Materials: glass, metal, plastic, wood, stone, diamond,
clay, dust, gold, copper, silver, material
• Math/Measurements: meter, centimeter, kilogram, inch,
foot, pound, half, circle, square, temperature, date, weight, edge, corner
• Misc. Nouns: map, dot, consonant, vowel, light, sound,
yes, no, piece, pain, injury, hole, image, pattern, noun, verb, adjective
• Directions: top, bottom, side, front, back, outside,
inside, up, down, left, right, straight, north, south, east, west, direction
• Seasons: Summer, Spring, Winter, Fall, season
• Months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
• Time: year, month, week, day, hour, minute, second, morning, afternoon, evening, night, time
• Animal: dog, cat, fish, bird, cow, pig, mouse, horse, wing, animal
• Location: city, house, apartment, street/road, airport, train station, bridge, hotel, restaurant, farm, court, school, office, room, town, university, club, bar, park, camp, store/shop, theater, library, hospital, church, market, country (USA, France, etc.), building, ground, space (outer space), bank, location
• Color: red, green, blue (light/dark), yellow, brown, pink, orange, black, white, gray, color
• Job: Teacher, student, lawyer, doctor, patient, waiter,
secretary, priest, police, army, soldier, artist, author, manager, reporter,
actor, job
• Society: religion, heaven, hell, death, medicine, money,
dollar, bill, marriage, wedding, team, race (ethnicity), sex (the act), sex
(gender), murder, prison, technology, energy, war, peace, attack, election,
magazine, newspaper, poison, gun, sport, race (sport), exercise, ball, game,
price, contract, drug, sign, science, God
• Art: band, song, instrument (musical), music, movie, art
• Beverages: coffee, tea, wine, beer, juice, water, milk,
beverage
• Food: egg, cheese, bread, soup, cake, chicken, pork, beef,
apple, banana, orange, lemon, corn, rice, oil, seed, knife, spoon, fork, plate,
cup, breakfast, lunch, dinner, sugar, salt, bottle, food
• Home: table, chair, bed, dream, window, door, bedroom,
kitchen, bathroom, pencil, pen, photograph, soap, book, page, key, paint,
letter, note, wall, paper, floor, ceiling, roof, pool, lock, telephone, garden,
yard, needle, bag, box, gift, card, ring, tool
• Electronics: clock, lamp, fan, cell phone, network,
computer, program (computer), laptop, screen, camera, television, radio
• Body: head, neck, face, beard, hair, eye, mouth, lip,
nose, tooth, ear, tear (drop), tongue, back, toe, finger, foot, hand, leg, arm,
shoulder, heart, blood, brain, knee, sweat, disease, bone, voice, skin, body
• Nature: sea, ocean, river, mountain, rain, snow, tree, sun, moon, world, Earth, forest, sky, plant, wind, soil/earth, flower, valley, root, lake, star, grass, leaf, air, sand, beach, wave, fire, ice, island, hill, heat, nature
• Numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 30, 31, 32, 40, 41, 42, 50, 51, 52, 60, 61, 62,
70, 71, 72, 80, 81, 82, 90, 91, 92, 100, 101, 102, 110, 111, 1000, 1001, 10000,
100000, million, billion, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, number
• Months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July,
August, September, October, November, December
• Days of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
• Time: year, month, week, day, hour, minute, second,
morning, afternoon, evening, night, time
• Verbs: work, play, walk, run, drive, fly, swim, go, stop,
follow, think, speak/say, eat, drink, kill, die, smile, laugh, cry, buy, pay,
sell, shoot(a gun), learn, jump, smell, hear (a sound), listen (music), taste,
touch, see (a bird), watch (TV), kiss, burn, melt, dig, explode, sit, stand,
love, pass by, cut, fight, lie down, dance, sleep, wake up, sing, count, marry,
pray, win, lose, mix/stir, bend, wash, cook, open, close, write, call, turn,
build, teach, grow, draw, feed, catch, throw, clean, find, fall, push, pull,
carry, break, wear, hang, shake, sign, beat, lift
• Adjectives: long, short (long), tall, short (vs tall),
wide, narrow, big/large, small/little, slow, fast, hot, cold, warm, cool, new,
old (new), young, old (young), good, bad, wet, dry, sick, healthy, loud, quiet,
happy, sad, beautiful, ugly, deaf, blind, nice, mean, rich, poor, thick, thin,
expensive, cheap, flat, curved, male, female, tight, loose, high, low, soft,
hard, deep, shallow, clean, dirty, strong, weak, dead, alive, heavy, light
(heavy), dark, light (dark), nuclear, famous
• Pronouns: I, you (singular), he, she, it, we, you (plural,
as in “y’all”), they.
The original blogpost I copied this list from (it includes more tips & tricks to learning vocab): https://fluent-forever.com/the-method/vocabulary/base-vocabulary-list/
This list should not limit you to these words only. Of course if you are feeling really serious and focused in learning your target language, by all means add more to this list. Happy mastery.
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